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Thought I'd do a makeup post. These photos are from the past few months.
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First look:
1) put highlighter under your brow down to the crease (generally a very pale, sometimes shimmery, white)
2) sweep a very light brown over the entire lid.
3) use black eyeliner to line the top eyelid. Start thin at the inside of the eyelid, and get thicker towards the end.
4) close your eye, and draw a line going up from the outer corner of your eye. Use the end of your eyebrow as a guide - it should match up to it. Make the line as long or short as you want. This is the wing.
5) Fill out the wing. Mine has straight edges, though you could make them curved. If you mess up, grab a q-tip and wet it with water or makeup remover and touch it up.
6) put mascara on to bring more attention to your eyes
7) for the lips, use lipliner. I use a nude one, and not only do I outline my lips (carefully!), but I fill them in as well. Coat your lips with lipstick; I went with a classic red.
8) if you want some extra shine or shimmer for your lips, use a red or clear lipgloss. Damn a little in the center and smush. This will also help make your lips look a bit bigger.
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Second look:
1) use your highlighter from under the eyebrow down to the crease.
2) from the inner corner of your eye to about 1/2 way across the lid, use a blue/gray eyeshadow.
3) use the same eye shadow to outline the bottom eyelid from the inner corner to about 1/2 way across.
4) use a dark gray eyeshadow from the outer corner and sweep it to about 1/4 of the way across the lid.
5) clean your brush, or use another, and blend the second colour into the first by pushing it further across the lid. This makes it cover more area but also lightens it as it goes, making the transition between colours less obvious.
6) use the same colour to outline the other side of the bottom lid.
7) use mascara on bottom and top lashes
8) use brow filler. Lightly fill in your brows, as if colouring a shadow on a picture. Do this very gently and make sure they match - you don't want funny looking eyebrows.
9) use a light or neutral coloured lipstick or lipgloss
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Third look:
1) use highlighter under the eyebrow to the crease.
2) use a very light brown colour over the entire lid
3) trace only the top lid with a thin line of medium-dark brown eyeshadow (but if you use eyeliner, smudge it a bit so it isn't a harsh line)
4) use a tiny bit of mascara on the top eyelashes
5) use a bright or dark lipstick or lipgloss. refer to look one for what to do with lipliner for a darker colour.
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Fourth look:
1) use highlighter under/on the brow bone
2) use a medium brown to coat half your eyelid, starting from the inner corner. Go above the crease. Cover about 2/3 of your eyelid.
3) from the outer corner, use a very dark brown. Go in about 1/3 of the way, and go above the crease again. Smudge where the two colours meet to make the transition a little less blunt.
4) line the  upper lid with a dark brown or black eyeliner/eyeshadow.
5) line the bottom eyelid with the same colour as the top one, getting thinner as you move to the inner corner. only cover about 2/3.
6) put mascara on both upper and bottom lashes.


Hope you enjoy!
xoxo